Bill Donohue losing his edge? August 19, 2008
Posted by Evil Bender in Religion, bigotry, wingnuts.trackback
Over 120 blogs have been credentialed as members of the media for the Democratic National Convention; those who have received credentials are allowed to cover the Convention at the Pepsi Center. While most of them offer legitimate commentary, some do not.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue is protesting two of the blogs:
“The list of credentialed blogs include radical sites like The Daily Kos. Worse are blogs that feature anti-Catholic and obscene material. The two most offensive are Bitch Ph.D. and Towleroad.
“On the home page of Bitch Ph.D. there is a picture of two children: one of them is shown flashing his middle finger. Today’s lead post, which was written August 17, is called ‘Jesus Christ.’ It begins with, ‘I’m a really crappy Catholic who hasn’t been to mass in ages because most parishes around here ‘will’ insist on being aggressively anti-abortion….’ The writer then objects to some children’s toys on the grounds that they are more offensive than desecrating the Eucharist. The toys are actually balloons that have been made to depict Jesus in various poses, including a crucified Christ; one of these images shows Jesus with a penis. Several who commented on this image made patently obscene comments.
“Towleroad describes itself as ‘A Site with Homosexual Tendencies.’ Accordingly, it shows men in jock straps and underwear. It also has a post on Pope Benedict XVI that takes him to task for wearing a cape with ermine. Some of those who commented on this described the pope in a vile and profane way.
Is this really the best he can do? Pictures of men in underwear, complaints about anti-choice policies, and comments on blogs?
This is further proof Donohue needs outrage to live, and when he can’t find it naturally occuring has to manufacture a cheap parody to sustain himself.
It is called, “Making a mountain out of a mole hill,” and, “Much ado about nothing.”
He’s hoping to shame the DNC into kicking people he hates by pointing out a few blogs. Uh, I’m sure supposedly profane and questionable blogs are the LEAST of the nation’s worries right now.